Fandomania Podcast Episode 40: Jack Bauer Has Swine Flu
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In this episode:
00:00:16 – Episode Intro
00:00:45 – Celeste and I recount our air conditioning woes of the past week, and Celeste talks a little about her wedding dress shopping.
00:03:20 – We share some Fandomania site news as we bring five new writers onto the staff and give our Twitters a plug.
00:06:14 – Camden Toy, the man behind several iconic Buffyverse monsters, joins us for an interview.
00:17:16 – I give my thoughts on the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie.
00:25:45 – Celeste and I agree on our TV Pick of the Week.
00:26:22 – Spoilers ahead!
00:26:36 – Dollhouse: Briar Rose – with an interlude about TV and movie trailers
00:40:02 – Chuck: Chuck Vs The Ring
00:50:04 – Heroes: An Invisible Thread – beware extreme wrath!
00:56:36 – 24: Day 7: 3:00AM – 4:00AM
01:02:42 – Lost: The Variable
01:10:33 – Fringe: Midnight
01:16:00 – Reaper: No Reaper Left Behind
01:20:26 – I scored some good video game deals at Best Buy’s $10 sale.
01:21:40 – We talk about the recently confirmed and upcoming Lego Rock Band game.
01:24:05 – I’ve downloaded the new Saints Row 2 add-on pack but haven’t had a chance to play it yet.
01:26:42 – Thanks to a promotion, I’m back playing World of Warcraft, at least for now.
01:29:15 – Celeste’s dad’s 360 goes to console heaven thanks to the RROD.
01:33:11 – Episode Closing
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May 4th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I actually enjoyed Wolverine quite a bit as well, even though there were huge gigantic stupidity holes in the writing (amnesia bullets? yea, ok). You should definitely give Watchmen a second watch in a better environment. I’m curious too – had you read/where you fan of the comics before seeing the film? It’s not perfect, for sure, and a much different kind of comic book film than Wolverine – but it’s fairly faithful considering what it could have been.
Good show, I skipped the TV section because while I’m a “fan” of all of those shows the only one I’m caught up on is Lost!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
James: Thanks for listening! I’m a longtime and huge Marvel fan, and I also had read Watchmen a couple of times prior to seeing the movie. So I definitely went into both Wolverine and Watchmen knowing the stories from which they were adapted. Watchmen was a pretty faithful adaptation, but my basic problem with it was that I just don’t think it’s something that needed to be adapted into anything other than a comic. We had a 4-way discussion about the Watchmen movie just after getting back from seeing it, and it’s included in episode 32:
http://fandomania.com/fandomania-podcast-episode-32-doc-manhattans-big-issue/